Dell Terraform Provider for Redfish up to 1.6.1 HTTP Transport certificate validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dell Terraform Provider for Redfish up to 1.6.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Transport. Performing a manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-91881. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell Terraform Provider for Redfish up to 1.6.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Transport. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Terraform Provider for Redfish, versions prior to 1.6.2, contains an Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in the HTTP transport component. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to information exposure and unauthorized access. This is a Critical severity vulnerability as it allows an unauthenticated attacker to intercept all Redfish BMC traffic including credentials by performing a man-in-the-middle attack, since TLS certificate verification is unconditionally disabled in the base HTTP transport. Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-91881 since 09/15/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/14/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Dell

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• Terraform Provider for Redfish

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• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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